You have to have some play just to move it up and down.
Still trying to understand racking...
Still trying to understand racking...
New DeWalt 625: play/racking in the pillars: is this normal?
Hi there,
Just bought a brand new De Walt 625EK-QS and noticed a tiny bit of racking play in the pillars. Is this normal or should there be absolutely zero play?
I took a Trend T7 back the other day for the same reason, though that was far worse and no-one argued with it: money back straight away.
Also on the DeWalt: the speed control knob looks and feels cheap, wrongly sized and badly fitted. Am I alone in this?
Just bought a brand new De Walt 625EK-QS and noticed a tiny bit of racking play in the pillars. Is this normal or should there be absolutely zero play?
I took a Trend T7 back the other day for the same reason, though that was far worse and no-one argued with it: money back straight away.
Also on the DeWalt: the speed control knob looks and feels cheap, wrongly sized and badly fitted. Am I alone in this?
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Welcome to the forum, @Pete de B
I would suspect there would be slight "wriggle room" in the posts to allow for smooth plunge.
I would suspect there would be slight "wriggle room" in the posts to allow for smooth plunge.
Thanks for the reactions guys - that makes sense.
Thanks!You have to have some play just to move it up and down.
Still trying to understand racking...
Thanks!Welcome to the forum, @Pete de B
I would suspect there would be slight "wriggle room" in the posts to allow for smooth plunge.
Thanks!Welcome to the forum.
I think it depends on how much slight is. I'd do some test cuts in hardwood to make sure it's not showing up in miscuts. Not a problem if you can fit pieces precisely, but if not, you want to return it as soon as possible.
Like I said I'm confused on raking. I have two DW625 routers and I'm lost on this one.....
I'll try some test cuts soon Tom - for now I'm waiting for a 1/2" collet to arrive (my worktop jig is made in China - for the US market - yet sold in Europe), so there is a compatibility glitch: DW625EK-QS comes (here in Holland anyway) with a 12mm collet. I shall overcome....
Yesterday I 'tested' some routers in the tool stores to see how much play they had. I don't what the salespeople thought I was up to, but the results were interesting:
Europe's 'ultimate' brand was about the same as my deWalt (though the 1000-ish W variant was pretty much perfection), whereas a hobbyist's brand was better than expected. Yet another brand (which should know better) was dreadful. Lost indeed.
Having said all this, a perfect joint with a plunge router is a big ask, I would think, when joining two long kitchen worktop pieces. The end result must be flat, but this flatness depends on a end-grain joint (40mm in section - and both halves) being absolutely square in the vertical. (If it were a simple joint made with a circular saw I could cut both halves such that: the error in one was cancelled out by the opposing board. But that's not an option with a 'hockey-stick' joint of course...)
Yesterday I 'tested' some routers in the tool stores to see how much play they had. I don't what the salespeople thought I was up to, but the results were interesting:
Europe's 'ultimate' brand was about the same as my deWalt (though the 1000-ish W variant was pretty much perfection), whereas a hobbyist's brand was better than expected. Yet another brand (which should know better) was dreadful. Lost indeed.
Having said all this, a perfect joint with a plunge router is a big ask, I would think, when joining two long kitchen worktop pieces. The end result must be flat, but this flatness depends on a end-grain joint (40mm in section - and both halves) being absolutely square in the vertical. (If it were a simple joint made with a circular saw I could cut both halves such that: the error in one was cancelled out by the opposing board. But that's not an option with a 'hockey-stick' joint of course...)
Just stumbled on this - not my issue exactly, but a comment (from Denis Lock) on pillar play and a possibly way to deal with it:
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Why does a plunge router leave a mark when it plunges...
Using a straight bit or a spiral bit, either one, I was routing out some long and wide, but shallow mortises earlier, and I had to hollow it out a row at a time. I would plunge the router in until the depth stop hit the turret and then lock it down. From there I would slide it along using an...
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I don't think that's pillar play. Sounds like plunge bit play...
As far as returning the Trend, employees don't get payed enough to argue a router.. They will just just take it back and move forward. You've had the problem with two routers in a row from two different manufacturers...
As far as returning the Trend, employees don't get payed enough to argue a router.. They will just just take it back and move forward. You've had the problem with two routers in a row from two different manufacturers...
Trying to send a short video of the pillar play I have in the router but this server won't accept .mp4 files. Anyone know what format does work?I don't think that's pillar play. Sounds like plunge bit play...
As far as returning the Trend, employees don't get payed enough to argue a router.. They will just just take it back and move forward. You've had the problem with two routers in a row from two different manufacturers...
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